Denise Benning & Lyndon Johnston
The 1970s and 1980s were the glory years for the Preston Figure Skating Club and few pairs teams rose as high on the international stage as Denise Benning and Lyndon Johnston. Indeed, the pair achieved results at the World Figure Skating Championships that few Canadian pairs teams have bettered. Their pairs partnership came about at […]
Melinda Kunhegyi & Lyndon Johnston
Figure skaters Melinda Kunhegyi and pairs partner Lyndon Johnston reached the very heights of their sport, not only in Canada, but internationally. Kunhegyi, who was born December 1, 1965 in Guelph, made her mark on the international figure skating stage at 16, when she paired with Johnston to win the 1981 Prague Skate championship, as […]
Dave Menary
Dave Menary’s earliest sports memories are of playing baseball under coach John Riddell, but he also spent his winters playing hockey. He pursued his love of sports through his school years, playing a variety of sports at St. Andrews Senior Public School and at Southwood Secondary School, including basketball, volleyball, track and field and football. […]
Bill Bauer
In 2007 Bill Bauer was posthumously recognized for his years of dedication to sport in Cambridge with the Don and Benita Rope Sports Contributor Award. Born just two weeks after the end of the Second World War, Bauer’s passion for sports, and for baseball and softball in particular, began early in life. While he was […]